Hundreds of Iraqis civilians are being held in
makeshift jails run by US troops - many without being charged or even
questioned. And in these prisons are children whose parents have no
way of locating them

Is it too hopeful, if not offensive, to imagine
a future where the state of Jammu and Kashmir can participate in a meaningful
political power sharing arrangement with a coalition government at the
Centre?

We are living the new Islamophobia. Demagogic voices,
terrifying of violence scourge Islam, the so-called Islamic civilization,
and Muslims. These voices dangerously recall anti-Semitic lampoons of
late 19th Century or even Mussolini and Hitlers racist discourses

Global oil production would peak in the first decade
of the 21st century and decline forever thereafter. There is no adequate
substitute for oil energy. The peaking of production means the further
growth of energy demand, and thus of the global capitalist economy,
is physically impossible. No energy - no economy

The exposure of a Pentagon plan to establish a
futures market in terrorist attacks, assassinations and military strikes
is yet one more demonstration of the criminal character of the forces
that wield power in America

There is no law to govern judiciary in this country.
In the appointment of judges, no objective procedure can be followed
in the present situation to judge the character, capacity and ability
of a judge and sycophancy, nepotism and favoritism are the order of
the day

Extraction of media-reported civilian injuries
from the Iraq Body Count database and archive of war reports provides
evidence of at least 20,000 civilian injuries on top of the maximum
reported 7798 deaths

Like the vast majority of Americans I had been
persuaded of the tragic necessity of the bombing. But for the last decade
or so my birthday has always been tinged with sadness as I've come to
understand how unnecessary was Hiroshima and then, of course, Nagasaki

Tests conducted by the Kerala State Pollution Control
Board (KSPCB) have confirmed recent media reports about the toxic nature
of the sludge generated by Coca-Cola's bottling plant at Plachimada,
in Kerala's Palakkad district

"I suggest that every community throughout
the globe commemorate the period August 6th through August 9th as Hiroshima
and Nagasaki Days. By looking back we can also look forward and remain
cognizant of the risks that are before us"

Results of the 55th round countrywide survey conducted
in 1999-2000 by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), reveals
that muslims in India suffer from substantially greater economic deprivation
than Hindus

People are dreaming of India becoming a 'developed
country'. But what kind of development does India need? "I am afraid
of our becoming a developed country like the one in front today"
, says Prof. Yash Pal

A study by the Bureau of Police Research and Development,
a Union Home Ministry body, says that between 1954 and 1996, almost
16,000 people lost their lives in 21,000 incidents of rioting, while
over one lakh were injured

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today
announced that 12 soft drink brands collected for testing from in and
around Delhi contained residues of four extremely toxic pesticides and
insecticides  lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos

A controversial film on Mother Teresa, Hell's Angel,
By Christopher Hitchens has been dropped from a film festival planned
here to mark her beatification later this year, Also read and interview
with Christopher
Hitchens

The report on Afghanistan issued by Human Rights
Watch (HRW) catalogs the systematic violation of human rights by the
militias of the Northern Alliance who were placed in power following
the US invasion

The dreams of billions of farmers have been completely
shattered,who were initially promised the stars when the WTO was formally
launched. It is only a matter of time before the collapse of agriculture
in the developing world triggers massive displacements from the rural
areas